Liard au dauphin 1583-1598

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ACANTHUS

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• May 29, 2006

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My oldest readable coin to date found in my garden

but I am told it is an Italian fake of that era oh well still the same date though!!

 

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simonthesearcher

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• May 29, 2006

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Found in your Garden? wow.Can i have permission to detect in your garden?

 

del

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• May 29, 2006

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hello, acanthus nice find from the garden , sometimes the fake or conterfeits are worth more than the real ones . example ( the machin mills conterfeits over the real king george III coins ) that we find in the states. but no matter it still is a great find ,way to go del

 

Voriax

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• May 29, 2006

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Heh, I'm almost hoping that I'd never find such an old coin. You see, law says such finds belong to the bureau of antiquities.... So I should present the coin to the nearest museum and let them decide whether they keep it or not.

Voriax

 

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marmotte

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• May 29, 2006

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nice one acanthus great find, i love the old medieval vibe these things have you can see the dolphin realy well